Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper insists Brennan Johnson could yet stay when the deadline falls on Friday.
The Wales attacker is a target for Tottenham and Brentford.
But Cooper says: "Maybe there's some things that are being speculated that are very true and some that couldn't be any further away from the truth.
"I do believe there's a couple of players, Tavares and Murillo, that are at the final stages. Not quite done, but the process is ticking along quite nicely.
"I hope I haven't gone too soon on that because until things are officially done then you never quite know. We shall see. We just have to carry on as normal."